Throwback XCOM successor Xenonauts 2 leaves early access in April

Developer Goldhawk Interactive says the milestone 'doesn't mean our work is done' ...
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Hooded Horse's new strategy game Menace isn't XCOM, and that's okay

I assumed, from its pretty hardcore cinematic - as well as everything else I'd read - that Menace was like XCOM for people who didn't like themselves. I was well up for that, filling each requirement ...
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is something between a remake and a reboot of the beloved XCOM: UFO Defense turn-based strategy game. The developer tasked to do the job is Firaxis and it's a perfect fit for the ...

Just like XCOM, superhero comedy Dispatch cheats random percentages of success in the player's favor: 'anything that had over a 76% success chance would automatically succeed'

When Firaxis's XCOM remake came out a constant complaint in the comments was that its random number generator was clearly cheating against players. Someone would miss a 95% chance, or God forbid a ...
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XCOM veteran Jake Solomon's AI-powered, narrative-driven Sims rival bites the dust

Jake Solomon's decision to move from making some of the best strategy games ever to an ambitious life sim was a perplexing but exciting one. Spinning up a new studio, Midsummer, he pitched it as "a ...